Writer's home

Frequently these buildings are preserved to communicate to visitors more about the author than their work and its historical context.

[1] Sites include a range of activities common to cultural heritage sites, such as living history, museum exhibits, guided tours and poetry readings.

[1] New York Times commentator Anne Trubek counted 73 such houses in the United States.

[2] The tradition of preserving houses or sites important to famous authors has a long history: in the 14th century Petrarch's birthplace was preserved, despite Petrarch barely spending time there as a child.

[2] In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century France, photojournalism which represented authors homes created an increased public interest in writers' private lives, making their homes destinations.